The Forgan Smith Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier William Forgan Smith. It succeeded the Moore Ministry on 18 June 1932, seven days after Arthur Edward Moore's CPNP government was defeated at the 1932 state election. The ministry was followed by the Cooper Ministry on 16 September 1942 following Forgan Smith's retirement from politics.
On 18 June 1932, the Governor, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, and appointed the following Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to the Ministry as follows:
Labor was re-elected at the 1935 election and the Ministry was reconstituted on 21 May 1935.
Labor was re-elected at the 1938 election and the Ministry was reconstituted on 12 April 1938.
Office | Minister |
---|---|
William Forgan Smith | |
Percy Pease (until 17 September 1940) | |
Secretary for Labour and Industry | Maurice Hynes (until 27 March 1939) |
Attorney-General | John Mullan (until 14 November 1940) |
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock | Frank Bulcock |
Deputy Premier (from 24 September 1940) | Frank Cooper |
Ned Hanlon | |
Secretary for Mines (until 12 April 1939) | Tom Foley |
Harry Bruce | |
Minister for Transport | John Dash (until 4 August 1939) |
Minister without portfolio (until 12 April 1939) | James Larcombe (from 16 February 1939) |
Minister without portfolio (until 4 August 1939) | David Gledson (from 16 February 1939) |
Secretary for Public Lands | Ted Walsh (from 24 September 1940) |
Attorney-General | John O'Keefe (from 14 November 1940) |
Labor was re-elected at the 1941 election and the Ministry was reconstituted on 16 April 1941. The Ministers served until the resignation of William Forgan Smith on 16 September 1942 and the formation of a new ministry under Deputy Premier Frank Cooper.
Office | Minister |
---|---|
Premier | William Forgan Smith |
Frank Cooper | |
Ned Hanlon | |
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock | Frank Bulcock |
Secretary for Public Works | Harry Bruce |
Secretary for Labour and Industry | Tom Foley |
Minister for Transport | James Larcombe |
Secretary for Mines (until 8 December 1941) | David Gledson |
Secretary for Public Lands | Ted Walsh |
Attorney-General (until 8 December 1941) | John O'Keefe (until 27 January 1942) [D] |
Arthur Jones (from 9 February 1942) |
D John O'Keefe died on 27 January 1942. On 9 February, Arthur Jones was appointed to the Ministry.
Arthur Edward Moore was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ranks of the Labor Party between 1915 and 1957. Although successful in achieving the unity of the conservative forces in Queensland for an extended period, Moore's abilities were tested by the onset of the Great Depression and like many other governments in Australia and elsewhere his was unable to endure the formidable challenges it posed.
William Forgan Smith was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership, defence of states' rights and interest in state development make him something of an archetypal Queensland Premier. He represented the Labor Party.
Frank Arthur Cooper was Premier of Queensland from 1942 to 1946 for the Labor Party.
The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland. Formed in 1925, it combined the state's conservative forces in a single party and held office between 1929 and 1932 under the leadership of Arthur Edward Moore. Following repeated election defeat it split into separate rural and urban wings in 1936.
The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics.
This is a list of members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1941 to 1944, as elected at the 1941 state election held on 29 March 1941.
This is a list of members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1938 to 1941, as elected at the 1938 state election held on 2 April 1938.
This is a list of members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1935 to 1938, as elected at the 1935 state election held on 11 May 1935.
This is a list of members of the 26th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1932 to 1935, as elected at the 1932 state election held on 11 June 1932.
The Moore Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country and Progressive National Party (CPNP) Premier Arthur Edward Moore. It succeeded the McCormack Ministry on 21 May 1929, ten days after William McCormack's Labor government was defeated at the 1929 state election. The ministry was followed by the Forgan Smith Ministry on 18 June 1932 after the CPNP were defeated by Labor at the 1932 state election a week earlier.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The Cooper Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier Frank Cooper. It succeeded the Forgan Smith Ministry on 16 September 1942 following Forgan Smith's resignation from the Ministry after over 10 years as Premier. The ministry was followed by the Hanlon Ministry on 7 March 1946 following Cooper's own resignation.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 April 1944 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Country and Progressive National Party in the 1932 election.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 April 1938 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a third term in office. During the previous term, the Country and United Australia parties had emerged from the united Country and Progressive National Party, which had represented conservative forces for over a decade.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon's second election.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1929 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. In this election, Irene Longman became the first woman to both stand and be elected into the Queensland Parliament.
The Ryan Ministry was the 27th ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Premier T. J. Ryan of the Labor Party. It was the first majority Labor government in Queensland's history. It succeeded the Denham Ministry on 1 June 1915, following the latter's defeat at the 1915 state election on 22 May. It was succeeded by the Theodore Ministry on 22 October 1919 following T. J. Ryan's resignation from the Queensland parliament to run for federal politics.
Frederick Dickson Graham was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.